Editing Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
Mechanicsburg is located in eastern Cumberland County at {{coord|40.212089|-77.006143|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web| url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html| publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]| access-date=2011-04-23| date=2011-02-12| title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is in a rich agricultural region known as the [[Cumberland Valley]], a broad zone between [[South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania)|South Mountain]] and the [[Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians]].

Mechanicsburg is bordered by [[Silver Spring Township, Pennsylvania|Silver Spring Township]] to the northwest, [[Monroe Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Monroe Township]] to the southwest, [[Upper Allen Township, Pennsylvania|Upper Allen Township]] to the south, [[Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania|Lower Allen Township]] to the east, and [[Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania|Hampden Township]] to the northeast. [[Pennsylvania Route 641]] (Trindle Road) is the main east–west street through the borough, leading east {{convert|4|mi|0}} to [[Camp Hill, Pennsylvania|Camp Hill]] and west {{convert|10|mi|0}} to [[Carlisle, Pennsylvania|Carlisle]], the [[county seat]]. [[Pennsylvania Route 114]] leads north out of town on York Street and south on Market Street. The [[Pennsylvania Turnpike]] ([[Interstate 76 (east)|I-76]]) passes just south of Mechanicsburg, with access to the southeast of town via Exit 236 ([[U.S. Route 15]]).

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the borough has a total area of {{convert|6.25|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|4478|sqm|acre|order=flip|1}}, or 0.07%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/> It has a hot-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfa'') and monthly average temperatures range from {{convert|29.9|F}} in January to {{convert|74.8|F}} in July.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University }}</ref> The [[hardiness zone]] is borderline between 6b and 7a, meaning that the annual average absolute minimum temperature is approximately 0&nbsp;°F.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/InteractiveMap.aspx | title=2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map &#124; USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map }}</ref>